New School!!!

This year my sisters and I are going to be going to a charter school for the first time. I am really excited about this new school because I'm going into eighth grade with a whole new group of people. The new school is called the International Leadership of Texas (ILT). The school's motto is to strengthen the mind, body, and character. I really am looking forward to going to this school because not only is this like a big restart button, but it also is a more advanced curriculum. Some of the differences between this school and Chisholm Trail MS (previous school) is this school has more hours. My previous school started at 9:20 and ended at 4:30, whereas this school I would start at 7:45 and end at 3:45. That's an hour added onto school. Another major difference is that this school looks like a community college and my old school looks like a regular middle school. The charter school also holds about 1300 students, whereas Chisholm Trail has only about 900 students. ILT has a total of nine periods. At this school, they teach Mandarin Chinese and Spanish to all of their students. Although this school doesn't have as many different electives, this school makes it up for its activities. At this school, there's soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, track, and cross country. I love the variety of sports here and I really can't wait until school starts!!!

International Leadership of Texas

Chisholm Trail Middle School

Soccer Game!!

Last night was my first soccer game. I can officially say that soccer is my favorite sport. The game was against another middle school in my district called the Tidwell Titans. Since there were two teams with no substitutes, we all had to be in the game the whole time. I played the left outside midfield and I loved my position. I got to do the throw-ins if the ball went out on the other team. The only bad part about soccer is all the running. I'm not a very fast runner, but I can run for long periods. Running for an hour in cleats and shin guards that I'm still trying to get used to isn't really good. Since we had no subs and both A and B team was exhausted after their specific game, we might just combine the two teams so that we have subs for when we get tired. But until next Monday, we won't know what's going to happen for our next game in two weeks.

Mini-Winter Break!

Today was the first day we got back to school. From being stuck in a house with all of my sisters and parents, I was happy to be back in school. With my family and I living in the more rural part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan, the ice on the roads weren't helping. Last Thursday, the district cancelled all after-school programs, games, and Saturday school. This was our first notice to say that basically school was out for the rest of the week. I can truthfully say that I was happy that we had a small break from school before our Christmas break. We were scheduled to have our first basketball pep-rally during first period. Pep-rallies in the morning is one thing that I absolutely do not like. I am not a morning person, so mixing in a pep-rally that's supposed to make us all happy and cheery doesn't mix well with me. So, my weekend went from a two-day weekend to a three-day weekend. My weekend turned into a five-day weekend when the "wonderful mini-vacation" turned into an "everlasting nightmare." I had to stay with my family. For FIVE days! The weekend is enough and even then I'm not with them much, that's probably because about half of the day I spent sleeping in my bed ;) Coming back to school made me so happy because not only did I get to see my friends, but I got to actually go outside. I hope that this ice and snow melts away before the beginning of next week.

Olympus Has Fallen

I watched Olympus Has Fallen with my mom and sisters. This movie made me very emotional, though most of the time it showed people getting shot multiple times. The movie was about former disgraced Presidential Guard Michael Banning ( Gerard Butler) saving President Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his son Connor (Finley Jacobsen) months after the loss of the first lady. With this movie only being released in March, it had received a 6.4, based on a 1 to 10 scale. This movie shows some gruesome scenes with all the blood splatters from actors. Watching this movie reminded me of G.I Joe Retaliation. I know that both are completely, but if you look really close, they're a lot alike. I would say that this movie was a 5 out of 5 because it was really good, even though at some parts out was a little too visual and realistic. I can't wait until the next movie, London Has Fallen.

A Quest of Heroes

I just finished reading A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice. This was about Thor's journey from going to a poor herder to a greatly appreciated warrior in the king's army. There was a lot of things in this book that I liked. Thor had a lot of bravery, confidence, and goodwill in himself. He saved several people's lives. When his friend Erec was sparing and was almost killed, Thor had a lot of confidence and bravery to not only saved his life, but to interrupt a knights jostle. Thor always wanted to do the right thing. When a Legion boy named Elden was trapped and his friends wanted to leave him because he was rider, Thor was good enough to want to rescue him even though this same buy was bullying him earlier that day. This was a really good book to read. I would recommend this book to young adults and teens for all of the good morals and hardships Thor had to go through and how he gets through them. This book would be a 5 out of 5 because it was really good and had really great descriptive details.

Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters

Earlier this week, my family and I went to the movies for my sister's birthday. We watched Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters. The movie is a sequel to Percy Jackson & The Lightning Theif. It was about Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson embarking on a quest to find the magical golden fleece that would save their camp. While doing this, they have to try and stop their old friend Luke to save Olympus and keep Kronos from rising. I think that the movie was good, but I would say that from a scale from one to ten, it would be a five. I would say it's a five because the movie didn't really follow through with the book and the acting wasn't really good. Though there is talk about a third movie.

UPDATE!!!

OH MY GOSH! Since the last time I've posted, I've been busy with homework! I forgot all about my blog and feel so bad. I haven't posted for almost a whole month. School has been really hard for me with all of the homework and having to work around my schedule. With basketball tryouts coming up, I've been working my butt off trying to get my school work done. After that, I have to start getting ready for Thanksgiving. Some family are coming over and I really need to clean my room. I can't wait till Thanksgiving Break!